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Best Practices for Developing Accessible Teaching Materials

Best Practices for Developing Accessible Teaching Materials. ILSC Professional Development: Thursday, April 25, 2013 Prepared by the ILSC eLearning Working Group, Presented by Courtney Lundrigan & Kim Stymest. Alternative Formats.

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Best Practices for Developing Accessible Teaching Materials

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  1. Best Practices for Developing Accessible Teaching Materials ILSC Professional Development: Thursday, April 25, 2013 Prepared by the ILSC eLearning Working Group, Presented by Courtney Lundrigan & Kim Stymest

  2. Alternative Formats This presentation has been created as a (mostly) accessible PowerPoint presentation and is available in alternative formats upon request.If you experience any barriers to access, please contact Kim Stymest: stymest@yorku.ca. Thank you.

  3. Introduction

  4. Accessibility Principles Respect. Inclusion. Equality.

  5. ADDIE • Analysis • Design • Development • Implementation • Evaluation

  6. General Guidelines (1 of 2) • Using branded templates • Use an exact script, free of jargon • Avoid superfluous information

  7. General Guidelines (2 of 2) • Static images; • Short tutorials; • Quick and succinct.

  8. Best Practices (1 of 2) For Text: • Sans serif font, 14 plus point size, sentence case, avoid italics or underlining; • Use text formatting tools if available. For Images: • Provide ALT-text or captions; • Avoid using colour to convey information.

  9. What is Sans Serif?

  10. Best Practices (2 of 2) For Audio Resources: • Provide a transcript. For Video Resources: • Provide captions synchronized with the video; • Open Captions versus Closed Captions; • Captioning standards.

  11. PowerPoint Tips • USE IT! • Avoid an elaborate slideshow • Captivate will import notes for captioning! • Office 2010+ offers an Accessibility Checker

  12. York Online Resources (1 of 2) • York Accessibility Hub: http://www.yorku.ca/accessibilityhub/index.htm • Provides tools and resources to understand accessibility issues and your obligations to help York become more accessible for everyone. • Faculty Resource Guide for Teaching Students with Disabilities: hthttp://www.yorku.ca/facultyawareness/index.html • Designed to assist faculty and teaching assistants (TAs) in supporting students with disabilities in their courses.

  13. York Online Resources (2 of 2) • Branded Resources From York: http://toolbox.info.yorku.ca • Many resources and templates from York, including branded PowerPoint templates, a branded video introduction and conclusion in MP4 format, and basic guidelines for web accessibility • York Graphic Standards: http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/standards/documents/YU_GraphicStandards_April_2012.pdf • Guidelines for using the York brand (including templates and logos)

  14. Online Resources • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines:http://www.w3.org • Requirements and tips for meeting accessibility requirements for web pages • Accessibility Evaluation Tools: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/complete • Various resources to assist in identifying accessibility compliance for online resources

  15. Further Reading (1 of 2) Bowles-Terry, M., Hensley, K. M., & Janicke Hinchliffe, L. (2010). Best practices for online video tutorials: A study of student preferences and understanding. Communications in Information Literacy, 4(1), 17-28. Case, D., & Davidson, R. C. (2011). Accessible online learning. New Directions for Student Services, 134, 47-58. Cox, C. (2004). From cameras to Camtasia: Streaming media without the stress. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 9, 3-4. Karmen, N., Crowther, T., & Wallace, A. (2001). Delivering video-streamed library orientation on the Web.College and Research Libraries News, 62(3), 280-285. Lee, S., & Burrell, C. (2004). Introduction to streaming video for novices. Library Hi Tech News, 21(2), 20-24.

  16. Further Reading (2 of 2) Oud, J. (2011). Improving screencast accessibility for people with disabilities: Guidelines and techniques. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 16,129–144. Slebodnik, M., & Riehle, C. F. (2009). Creating online tutorials at your libraries: Software choices and practical Implications.Reference and User Services Quarterly, 49(1), 33-37. Somoza-Fernández, M., & Abadal, E. (2009). Analysis of web-based tutorials created by academic libraries. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35(2), 126-131. University of Strathclyde. (2005). Welcome to the Teachability web site. Retrieved from http://www.teachability.strath.ac.uk/.

  17. Thank you! Courtney Lundrigan, Librarian Scott Library clund@yorku.ca Kim Stymest, Librarian Bronfman Business Library stymest@yorku.ca

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